What are some good speakers for small to medium sized house parties? I'm talking reliable and affordable thanks in adv.

What is your price range? The more money you are willing to invest, the more quality and volume potential you will get.

I have the Yamaha BR15 speakers that I use for parties. They are passive, and are rated at 400W RMS, 800W Continuous. Each speaker goes for $250, but I got one of mine that was in perfect condition off ebay for 200. Running them I have a Gem Sound XP-550 amplifier, which was only 150 bucks, and puts out 300W RMS at 8 ohms, and actually sounds pretty good with the speakers as well.

Price range would be $400-800 (either two powered speakers and a sub) or two and an amp.

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Originally posted by dark_Omens What is your price range? The more money you are willing to invest, the more quality and volume potential you will get. I have the Yamaha BR15 speakers that I use for parties. They are passive, and are rated at 400W RMS, 800W Continuous. Each speaker goes for $250, but I got one of mine that was in perfect condition off ebay for 200. Running them I have a Gem Sound XP-550 amplifier, which was only 150 bucks, and puts out 300W RMS at 8 ohms, and actually sounds pretty good with the speakers as well.

I think you have your continuous power mixed up, the 400W RMS is continuous power and the 800W is peak power, continuous can never be higher then peak.

Try and get some Mackie SRM-450's second hand from from Ebay or something. They're pretty much the industry standard for their price range. Good speakers, a little prone to overheating, but this can be counterbalanced with good ventilation. And another bonus is that you can plug them straight into your mixer seeing as they are active. No amp required.

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SRM-450's need a subwoofer. They are not good enought in bass region by themselves. THeyre designed to be loud, but not deep. THe highs on those are awesome. Beats anything else in the pricerange. But defininely they need a sub.

What would be a good sub to go with the Mackie's?

Their SWA line looks pretty good. I have not tried them, but the 18 incher looks good. http://mackie.com/products/swa1801z/index.html

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Originally posted by Whip_lash I think you have your continuous power mixed up, the 400W RMS is continuous power and the 800W is peak power, continuous can never be higher then peak.

Whoops, yes, I did make a typo. My bad.

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Originally posted by Atmos What are some good speakers for small to medium sized house parties? I'm talking reliable and affordable thanks in adv.

A word of caution - PA speakers such as the Mackie 450s & sub are great but are designed for bigger events where people are 20+ feet away. They may sound a bit harsh in a house where most rooms are not very big and you will be tempted to run them too loud (especially without a sub) to get a better sound quality. But lots of places rent them so you can give them a try.

I've used PA speakers including the Mackies in houses and they're a bit much but could be OK if it's really crowded and in a bigger room.

I'm in the same situation and considering a pair of studio monitors such as KRK Rokit 6 plus their 10" studio sub. I could use these every day for DJ practice, TV, computer, etc and also take them to small/medium house parties, they have better sound quality close-in and can handle that type of volume.

Last edited by tvmann on Jan-27-2007 at 19:22